Vehicle window construction



May 19, 1925. 1,538,439

J. D. LAWRENCE ET AL VEHICLE WINDOW CONSTRUCTION Filed Dec. 6, 1920 I W1 Z 'fl 3mm #571721 [aw/awe fitanlvfif/zt/ azsdn aka/nap Patented May 19, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN D. LAWRENCE AND STANLEY W. NICHOLSON, OF TOLEDO OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO THE DURA COMPANY, OF TOLEDO, OHIO,

A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

VEHICLE \VINIDOW CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed December 6, 1920. Serial No. 428,644.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN D. LAWRENCE and STANLEY W. NICHOLSON, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle l-Vindow Constructions, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to window constructions and more particularly to window constructions for automobiles and other vehicles.

The intention consists in an improved construction of sheet metal trim stick and in the mounting of said trim stick upon an upright of a window frame in an advantageous relation to certain other elements carried 0 by said upright, said invention being disclosed in part in the copending application Serial Number 517,500 of Stanley \V. Nicholson; A preferred embodiment of the invention is hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein;

Figure 1 is" a fragmentary perspective view showing a window upright and disclosing the relation of the improved trim stick to the other parts engaging said upright;

Figure 2 1s a cross section View of the same. c g

In-these views designates a part of a window frame an B is a glass plate vertically slidable in a runway C secured to said upright as is common in motor vehicle window constructions. Said runwa i is engaged between a shoulder D formed upon the upright A and a vertically elongated rectangular casing E secured to the upright. VV-ithin said casing there may extend a rod F serving to vertically actuate the glass plate B. Said rod may controlled by a handle member Gr secured to a sleeve H embracing the rod F and projecting from the caslng E through a vertical slot J in the front face of the casing. It slot adjacent to one side of the casing so as to produce a forwardly projecting edge K as one margin of the slot. The other edge of the slot is formed with a series of locking notches T1 wherein the handle G may the reference character -A be engaged to hold the rod F and the glass is preferred to form said" plate B in any desired position of vertical adjustment. It is usual in window constructions of the described character to provide trim ticks upon the uprights of the window frame and sheet metal has been employed to some extent in forming such trim sticks. The present invention contemplates providing a sheet metal trim stick of a novel and simplified construction having a margin seating upon the casing E in 'such a manner as to eliminate an integral extension of the trim stick to the upright A; Thus, M designates an elongated sheet metal strip forming a trim stick which is bridged between the edge K of the casing E and the adjacent edge of the upright A. Preferabl one margin portion of said strip is hoo red as indicated at N to provide a bearing for the trim stick adjacent the edge of the upright A while the other marginal portion of the strip M is offset upon its upper face to provide a bearing engaging the edge K .of the casing E. A pair of screws 0 are engagedwith the strip M substantially midway between its edges to attach the same to the upright A.

It will be observed that the attaching screws 0 are somewhat inclined to the plane of the plate B so that when said screws'are ,tlghtened it is desirable to provide the strip M with a bearing resisting its movement toward the plate B as well as toward the d upright A. The offset edge portion M accomplishes this result, since through engagement with the edge K of the casing E a bearing is provided holding the trim-stick in fixed relation both to the upright A and the plate B. The hooked edge N of the trim stick being freely engaged with the upright A, the trim stick may be sprung, to a certain extent, toward the upright A so as to secure the same firmly.

Since the described trim stick overlaps the casing E and is firmly sealed (by the screws 0) upon an edge of said casing, a weather seal is provided excluding moisture from beneath the trim stick and the snug seating of the hooked edge of the trim stick upon the upright accomplishes a similar function.

The formation of the trim stick M and the casing E as separate elements is desirable since the trim stick requires a'lacquered or enamel finish which may be best imparted to sheet steel while the casing E may be most advantageously formed of brass.

What we claim as our invention is: 1. In a window construction, the combination' with a window frame upright, of a tubular sheet metal mem'ber longitudinally extending upon said upright within the trim stick bridged between said upright and said longitudinal member and formed ad-- jacent one margin with a' shoulder bearing laterally upon said longitudinal member, the other marginal portion of the trim stick being formed with a return-bend seating the trim stick upon the upright, and means securing the trim stick to the upright.

3. In a window construction, the combination with a window frame upright, of a member extending longitudinally upon said mamas upright within the window opening, a sheet metal trim stick bridged between said upright and sald longitudinal member and i provided with a shoulder engaging said member, and securing means connecting said trim stick intermediate its edges with said upri ht, whereby said means acts through said trim stick to retain in position said longitudinal member.

4. In a window construction, the combination'with a window frame upright, of a runway for a window member mounted upon said upright, an abutment for said runway carried by the upright at one side of the runway, a tubular member extending upon the upright at the side of the runway, a trim stick bridged between said tubular member and the upright, means engaged with said trim stick intermediate its longitudinal ed es securing said trim stick to the up right, said means exerting a lateral thrust upon said tubular member through the trim stick, and said thrust being transmitted from the tubular member to the runway, whereby said securing means and said abutment position the runway and tubular member as well as the trim stick.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures.

JOHN D. LAWRENCE. STANLEY W.- NICHOLSON 

